All stories by Shine Jacob
The most delayed train in India
Rediff.com19 Aug 2018With a 20 hour average delay, the New Jalpaiguri Express is the queen among late-running trains.
Round 2 of discovered small fields auction may fetch Rs 1 trn
Rediff.com10 Aug 2018During the first round of discovered field auctions, there were 134 bidders for the 34 blocks on offer
Modi govt to achieve 50-million LPG connection target by August 15
Rediff.com20 Jul 2018Ujjwala Yojana was launched on May 1, 2016 at Ballia district in Uttar Pradesh and has so far covered 47.3 million consumers in 715 districts
Railways to get first dedicated corridor for freight train
Rediff.com17 Jul 2018The 190-km railway line will be between Dadri in Uttar Pradesh and Phulera in Rajasthan, which fall under the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor
Maharashtra refinery hit by mega project jinx
Rediff.com26 Jun 2018The Rs 3-trillion West Coast or Nanar refinery has all the potential to become India's flagship petrochemicals project, with the planet's largest oil producer Saudi Aramco as its biggest shareholder. Yet the locals don't see the plant as a harbinger of better times.
What's cooking at Indian Railways?
Rediff.com19 Jun 2018From offering free food to passengers to re-arranging train timings Railways Minister Piyush Goyal announced a slew of measures to make the Railways more efficient
Why fuel prices in India will continue to remain high
Rediff.com6 Jun 2018The Indian benchmark remained static in its last closing on May 28, while Brent prices dropped further to $75.71 a barrel. Less Brent crude in Indian basket makes prices sticky.
Crude oil imports rise 16.4 pc under Modi Sarkar
Rediff.com5 Jun 2018'Reliance on crude oil is still very high. Globally, natural gas is 25 per cent of the energy basket. In India, it has fallen to 6.5 per cent, from 11 per cent in 2014.'
Oil import bill likely to cross $100 billion mark in FY19
Rediff.com24 Apr 2018The price of petrol breached a three-year high on Monday at Rs 74.50 a litre, while the price of diesel was at its highest at Rs 65.75 a litre
Country's top architects to give swanky makeover 600 rail stations
Rediff.com21 Mar 2018Top architecture firms belonging to Hafeez Contractor and C P Kukreja have offered to design a few stations free of cost.
In Karnataka, Centre-state battle is over free cooking gas
Rediff.com13 Mar 2018Rebuffing petroleum ministry, Siddaramaiah launches Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana-like scheme months before state polls
President to host PM's LPG panchayat on Tuesday
Rediff.com12 Feb 2018Over 100 beneficiaries of the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana from 20 states will share with the LPG panchayat their experiences of how clean cooking fuel has changed their lives, in the presence of President Ram Nath Kovind.
Piyush Goyal: 'Private sector may be allowed to set up their own railway line'
Rediff.com2 Feb 2018Minister of Railways Piyush Goyal spoke with the media about his privatisation plan, safety road map and innovation strategy.
How Railways plans to serve healthy food to passengers
Rediff.com10 Jan 2018Indian Railways to bring on board ready-to-eat food companies
Govt plans to give 23 Rail stations a makeover
Rediff.com27 Dec 2017Fifteen stations might be taken up in the first stage with an investment of Rs 6,000-7,000 crore.
How oil cos plan to cut adulteration and diversion of fuel
Rediff.com22 Dec 2017The tankers carrying fuel from terminals to dealer outlets would not just have global positioning system (GPS) tracking but also an electronic key (e-key).
How Railways plans to supply quality food to passengers
Rediff.com19 Dec 2017The government had also appointed PricewaterhouseCoopers as consultant to come up with a road map to upgrade base kitchens and service on trains.
Subsidy on kerosene will cease to exist from 2020
Rediff.com15 Dec 2017The kerosene subsidy is expected to decline by 40 per cent from Rs 7,595 crore in 2016-17 to Rs 4,500 crore this financial year.
Railways speeds along on digital fast track
Rediff.com11 Dec 2017Around 30-50 million passengers in the reserved category have switched over to digital payments.
Own a car? No subsidised LPG for you
Rediff.com6 Dec 2017The government had last year excluded those with an annual income of more than Rs 10 lakh from LPG subsidy